Both Xavier and the University of Cincinnati basketball teams are in the preseason Top 25 coaches poll released today, with Xavier checking in at No. 15 and the Bearcats at No. 22. North Carolina received 31 of the possible 32 first-place votes to take the top spot, with Kentucky, Ohio State, UConn and Syracuse rounding out the top five.

CityBeat writers and friends will share their thoughts and feelings during the University of Cincinnati basketball team's 8 p.m. Saturday contest with Bob Huggins' West Virginia Moutaineers. CityBeat will have reporters inside Fifth Third Arena providing the insight you can't get from TV or radio (such as, "How tall does the other team look?"), and live poll questions will allow fellow fans to vote on which questions CityBeat will ask Mick Cronin and Bob Huggins during the postgame press conference (last week's winner was, "Do you like Sprite, yes or no?").